To celebrate International Women's Day, we are kicking off Madhuri Madness 2024 with two feminist consciousness raising ensemble dramas.

Show notes:

• Happy International Women’s Day
• Madhuri Madness 
• Every film industry is patriarchal (except Paradise Island)
• Hollywood vs Bollywood women’s pictures
• Mrityudand
• Shabana Azmi and Om Puri
• Prakash Jha’s political filmmaking

INTERVAL ("Badi Mushkil" from Lajja)

• Lajja
• A real multi-starrer
• Manisha Koirala learns about feminism
• Tonally inconsistent
• Ajay Devgn's whip sword

NEXT TIME: MD & SRK

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